discern
🇺🇸
/dɪˈsɜːrn/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈsɜːn/
verb
R
to notice or understand something that is not easy to see
It was hard to discern the truth from the lies.
R
to see or hear something faint or far away
I could barely discern the shape of the mountain in the fog.
translation
to notice or understand something that is not easy to see; to see or hear something faint or far away
Word Forms
3rd Present
discerns
Past
discerned
Perfect
discerned
Progressive
discerning